Name: Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction livestock auction prices — 2019-11-26
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2019-11-26

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	Low	1,673	76.80	1,285	21
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,626	51.27	833	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	High	1,282	47.03	603	101
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	988	38.21	378	48

Every lot, as filed

37 lots · USDA AMS · Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Dairy Steers	Large 3	—	275	73.00/cwt	73.00–73.00	201	8
Baby Bull Calves	N/A	—	—	20.90/cwt	5.00–80.00	—	39
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABrown Swiss	—	—	20.00/cwt	10.00–30.00	—	2
Baby Bull Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	9.29/cwt	5.00–20.00	—	7
Baby Bull Calves	N/ACrossbred	—	—	57.00/cwt	40.00–90.00	—	10
Baby Bull Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	126.25/cwt	110.00–150.00	—	8
Baby Heifer Calves	N/A	—	—	24.09/cwt	5.00–50.00	—	11
Baby Heifer Calves	N/AJersey	—	—	30.00/cwt	20.00–50.00	—	4
Baby Heifer Calves	N/ABeef Cross	—	—	92.50/cwt	80.00–100.00	—	4
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	800.00/cwt	800.00–800.00	—	1
Bred Heifers	Common	—	—	750.00/cwt	700.00–800.00	—	2
Bred Heifers	Medium	—	—	837.50/cwt	825.00–850.00	—	2
Open Heifers	Common	—	300	150.00/cwt	150.00–150.00	450	1
Open Heifers	Medium	—	475	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	1,425	2
Open Heifers	Medium	—	333	166.67/cwt	150.00–200.00	555	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	675	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	2,936	3
Open Heifers	Medium	—	725	460.00/cwt	460.00–460.00	3,335	3
Springer Heifers	Approved	—	—	1,275.00/cwt	1,275.00–1,275.00	—	2
Springer Heifers	Common	—	—	745.83/cwt	650.00–825.00	—	6
Springer Heifers	Medium	—	—	940.00/cwt	900.00–1,000.00	—	5
Springer Heifers	Supreme	—	—	1,375.00/cwt	1,375.00–1,375.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Approved	—	—	1,341.67/cwt	1,325.00–1,375.00	—	3
Fresh/Milking Cows	Common	—	—	808.33/cwt	650.00–975.00	—	6
Fresh/Milking Cows	CommonJersey	—	—	500.00/cwt	500.00–500.00	—	1
Fresh/Milking Cows	Medium	—	—	1,112.50/cwt	1,075.00–1,150.00	—	2
Fresh/Milking Cows	Supreme	—	—	1,510.71/cwt	1,400.00–1,675.00	—	7
Bulls	—	—	1,247	63.72/cwt	59.00–68.00	795	5
Bulls	—	—	1,733	76.59/cwt	71.00–79.00	1,327	6
Bulls	—	—	1,851	83.46/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,545	10
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,337	56.45/cwt	54.00–68.00	755	13
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,236	39.20/cwt	35.00–42.00	485	19
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,284	47.41/cwt	43.00–53.00	609	69
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,728	56.09/cwt	54.00–59.00	969	5
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,589	49.55/cwt	45.00–53.00	787	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	948	27.91/cwt	24.00–30.00	265	8
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,024	45.04/cwt	43.00–48.00	461	14
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	981	37.71/cwt	33.00–42.00	370	26

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Tue Nov 26, 2019

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 35Last week 46Year ago 0

Slaughter CattleReceipts 371Last week 472Year ago 0

Replacement Dairy CattleReceipts 267Last week 278Year ago 0

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Dairy Steers — Large 3$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	275	73.00	73.00

Replacement Dairy Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Baby Bull Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	39	—	—	5.00–80.00	20.90
Baby Bull Calves — Brown Swiss$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	2	—	—	10.00–30.00	20.00
Baby Bull Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	7	—	—	5.00–20.00	9.29
Baby Bull Calves — Crossbred$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	10	—	—	40.00–90.00	57.00
Baby Bull Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	8	—	—	110.00–150.00	126.25
Baby Heifer Calves$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	11	—	—	5.00–50.00	24.09
Baby Heifer Calves — Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	20.00–50.00	30.00
Baby Heifer Calves — Beef Cross$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	N/A	4	—	—	80.00–100.00	92.50
Bred Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	—	800.00	800.00
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	700.00–800.00	750.00
Bred Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	2	—	—	825.00–850.00	837.50
Open Heifers — Common$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	1	—	300	150.00	150.00
Open Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · estimate wt
—	Open	2	—	475	300.00	300.00
—	Open	3	—	333	150.00–200.00	166.67
—	Open	3	—	675	435.00	435.00
—	Open	3	—	725	460.00	460.00
Springer Heifers — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	2	—	—	1,275.00	1,275.00
Springer Heifers — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	6	—	—	650.00–825.00	745.83
Springer Heifers — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	5	—	—	900.00–1,000.00	940.00
Springer Heifers — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	1	—	—	1,375.00	1,375.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Approved$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	3	—	—	1,325.00–1,375.00	1,341.67
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	6	—	—	650.00–975.00	808.33
Fresh/Milking Cows — Common · Jersey$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	1	—	—	500.00	500.00
Fresh/Milking Cows — Medium$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	2	—	—	1,075.00–1,150.00	1,112.50
Fresh/Milking Cows — Supreme$ per cwt · n/c wt
—	Open	7	—	—	1,400.00–1,675.00	1,510.71

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,247	59.00–68.00	63.72
6	—	1,733	71.00–79.00	76.59
10	—	1,851	80.00–89.00	83.46
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
13	—	1,337	54.00–68.00	56.45
19	—	1,236	35.00–42.00	39.20
69	—	1,284	43.00–53.00	47.41
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,728	54.00–59.00	56.09
14	—	1,589	45.00–53.00	49.55
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
8	—	948	24.00–30.00	27.91
14	—	1,024	43.00–48.00	45.04
26	—	981	33.00–42.00	37.71

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

Feeder Cattle — prices, barns, and planning

Fed Cattle — the cash market and what quality pays

Beef & Retail — from the box to the grocery shelf

Feed & Hay — the cost side, cash not futures

Cows & Bred Stock — the rebuild market

More

Smiths Grove Mammoth Cave Dairy Auction

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Farmers Regional Livestock Auction of Glasgow Dairy Auction - Smiths Grove, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Dairy Cattle

Slaughter Cattle